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You've planned and paid for the cruise of a lifetime. Don't spend it leaning over the rail. Cirrus Healthcare Products offers some doctor's tips to avoid queasy stomachs. Dr. Bruce Lowell, a New York internist, urges taking advantage of the endless food set out on cruise ships. Don't stuff yourself with three large meals, which may leave you bloated, but eat five small meals spaced through Read more...

A drug used to combat nausea in cancer patients may also help ease the agonies of bulimia, the eating disorder that is characterized by bingeing and vomiting. In The Lancet medical journal, scientists said they discovered that the drug, ondansetron, cuts the number of times bulimia sufferers feel compelled to binge on food, then purge themselves. The drug, combined with others such as Read more...